Archaeology studies the lives of humans and their earliest cultures by examining remains from the past. Johann Joachim Winckelmann is credited for being the driving force behind today's modern archaeologyNewAdvent.org: Johann Joachim Winckelmann
Archaeology Sub-discplines
- Historical Archaeology
- Ethnoarchaeology
- Experimental Archaeology
- Archaeometry
Archaeology Draws Upon
- Anthropology
- Art History
- Ethnology
- Geography
- Geology
- History
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- Physics
- Chemistry
- Paleoecology
- Paleoethnobotany
- Paleontology
- Paleozoology
- Paleobotany
- Statistics
Archaeological Periods
- Paleolithic
- Neolithic
- Iron Age
- Ancient Rome
- Bronze Age
- Stone Age
- Archaic Stage
- Formative Stage
- Classic Stage
- Post-Classic Stage
- Viking Age
- Roman Iron Age
- Germanic Iron Age
- Medieval Period
- Industrial Modern
- Mesolithic
- Byzantine Empire
- Hellenistic
- Ottoman Empire
Archaeologists
- Ekram Akurgal
- William F. Albright
- Susan E. Alcock
- Leslie Alcock
- Sedat Alp
- David G. Anderson
- Mick Aston
- Richard Atkinson
- Phillip Barker
- Thomas Bateman
- Lewis Binford
- Martin Carver
- Ian Hodder
- Daniel Miller
- Michael Shanks
- Christopher Tilley
Archaeology Theories
Wikipedia: Archaeological Theory
About.com: Theories and Movements
Amazon.com: Archaeology: Theories, Methods and Practice
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References
Fast Facts
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In North America, it is considered a sub-division of anthropology
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Methods were developed by Augustus Pitt Rivers and William Flinders Petrie, among othersUniversity of Texas: General Pitt Rivers Minnesota State University: Flinders Petrie
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Dendrochronology and carbon dating are used to find out the age of an objectAll About Archaeology: Carbon Dating University of Tennessee: Principles of Dendrochronology
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Methods Used
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Artifacts, biofacts, cultural landscapes and architecture are examined
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Tools
Shovels, Mason's trowel, spoons, dentist picks and brushes
